Game 1
The score was tied at 4-4 after two innings, but then HCAW took more distance from the third inning and went on to end the game via the mercy-rule.
In the top of the first inning, HCAW rallied for four runs.
Dervisa Mutic and Laura van Essen led off with singles, then the bases got loaded when Ilona Marcelis also singled with one out.
Hereafter, Marley Martis also singled, bringing two runs.
The bases were re-loaded when Milot van Doesburg walked and then Anouk Sassen batted in two runs with a single.
Two force play-grounders (one resulting in an out) then loaded the bases again, but this time, three runners were left behind.
Almere '90 came alongside in the bottom of the first inning, scoring four unearned runs.
With two outs and Maxime Scheffer (fielder's choice) on base, Kelsy Pieneman walked, then both scored when a fly by Shanna de Vrede was missed in the outfield.
Following singles by Britt Remmers and Renée Adriaanse then made it 4-4.
HCAW re-took the lead in the third inning.
With one out, HCAW loaded the bases again when Anouk Sassen and Lindsay Gase walked and Kaylee Fortilus singled in between.
This led to a pitching change.
Shanna te Vrede took over and began with a strikeout, but then gave up a 2-run single to Laura van Essen that made it 6-4.
A 5-run rally followed in the fourth on five hits, including runscoring singles by Anouk Sassen (2-run), Lindsay Gase and Dervisa Mutic.
An overthrow accounted for the fifth run.
HCAW then made it 12-4 in the fifth on a single by Anouk Sassen.
In the bottom of the fifth, Suzanne Poelgeest and Stacy Groot led off with singles for Almere, but were left on second and third base.
Hereafter, the game ended as a 7-run difference had been reached.
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HCAW opens season with two victories vs. Almere
ALMERE (Neth.) -
After its first two games rained out a week earlier, HCAW opened the new season on Saturday (April 18) with two victories at Almere '90.